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erucate; erucic acid; brassidic acid; 13-cis-docosenoic acid [C22:1w9]

[C22:1w9] Constitutes: 1) 40-50% of rapeseed oil, mustard & wallflower seed 2) 80% of nasturtium seed 3) 2% of canola oil Pathology: - cardiotoxicity is reported Laboratory: - docosenoate in erythrocytes - erucate in erythrocytes - docosenoate in serum/plasma - erucate in serum/plasma - docosenoate/creatinine in urine

General

fatty acid, unsaturated

Properties

COMPARTMENT: membrane

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations

References

  1. Keller H, Dreyer C, Medin J, Mahfoudi A, Ozato K, Wahli W. Fatty acids and retinoids control lipid metabolism through activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- retinoid X receptor heterodimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Mar 15;90(6):2160-4. PMID: 8384714
  2. Merck Index 12th edition, 1996